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So much emphasis on this issue in the context of development, so strong a moralizing attitude probably would not have existed without the persistent anti-Communist preaching that originated in the cold war
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It's an unusual, fancy and rhetorical word order. A more everyday word order is eg Without the persistent anti-Communist preaching that originated in the cold war, s o much emphasis on this issue in the context of development and so strong a moralizing attitude probably would not have existed. s o much emphasis refers tp a quantity of emphasis that has been defined in some earlier sentence in the text.
- It's an unusual, fancy and rhetorical word order.
- A more everyday word order is eg Without the persistent anti-Communist preaching that originated in the cold war, s o much emphasis on this issue in the context of development and so strong a moralizing attitude probably would not have existed.
- s o much emphasis refers tp a quantity of emphasis that has been defined in some earlier sentence in the text.
- so strong a moralizing attitude refers to an amount of strength that has been defined in some earlier sentence in the text.
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It's an unusual, fancy and rhetorical word order.
A more everyday word order is
eg Without the persistent anti-Communist preaching that originated in the cold war, so much emphasis on this issue in the context of development and so strong a moralizing attitude probably would not have existed.
so much emphasis refers tp a quantity of empha
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